Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
BILLY JOELAnd you know that when the truth is told that you can get what you want or you can just get old.
More Billy Joel Quotes
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People in music lie, but they don’t expect you to believe them. People in television actually expect you to believe the lies.
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I think historically America has been pretty tolerant. It seems when there’s a mass influx from one place, that’s when it becomes problematic for Americans.
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I don’t care what consequence it brings, I have been a fool for lesser things.
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I hope it does not take the rest of my life until I find what it is I’ve been looking for.
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I can’t think of one person I’ve ever met who didn’t like some type of music.
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I started taking piano lessons when I was about four years old. My parents were both musicians. So I took piano lessons.
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Musicians know all about unemployment. You’re unemployed a lot, and I think there’s a great deal of empathy between musicians and people who are out of work.
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I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come this far. I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I’ll take you just the way you are.
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You enrich humanity with the profound expression of these feelings. … My songs are like my kids.
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I have to thank my mother for paying for the piano lessons for all those years.
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We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.
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Sing us a song you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody, And you’ve got us feeling all right.
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I’m single but interviewing.
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You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own.
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The graduations hang on the wall, but they never really helped us at all.
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